The Fallen: The Magdalene Laundries and Ireland’s Legacy of Silence by Dr Louise Branagan

The Crown London Hotel, Cricklewood (North West London), WorldHotels Distinctive

London’s 28th Festival of Traditional Irish music, song and dance Return to London Town Festival Friday 23rd – Monday 26th October 2026 The Crown Hotel, Cricklewood Broadway, 142-152 Cricklewood Broadway, London NW2 3ED And other local venues in Cricklewood and Kilbur...

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Seán Lemass was voted in 2022 as the best Taoiseach in the 100 year history of the Irish State. His status as a moderniser and visioner has endured in the 60 years since he stepped down as Taoiseach. Unbeknownst to most of his friends and colleagues, he left a memoir of his extraordinary political life which has been edited by Irish Times journalist and author Ronan McGreevy and now published for the first time. Lemass’s meeting with Northern premier Terence O’Neill was a highlight of his time in office, but in The Lost Memoir he recalls how he and British prime minister Harold Wilson heralded a new relationship between Britain and Ireland. Lemass also correctly forecast that Britain would never be a fully fledged member of the Common Market even before Ireland or the UK joined the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973.

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To mark Remembrance Week, the Irish Cultural Centre is honoured to welcome Bro. Nigel Cave, one of the foremost authorities on the life ofFr Willie Doyle MC SJ, the Dublin-born Jesuit priest whose courage on the battlefields of the First World War has inspired generations. Fr Willie Doyle (1873–1917) served as a military chaplain with the 16th (Irish) Division, ministering to Irish soldiers during some of the most brutal fighting on the Western Front. Renowned for his extraordinary bravery and compassion, he repeatedly risked his own life to comfort the dying, rescue the wounded and administer the Sacraments under intense enemy fire. Drawing on years of research, Bro. Nigel Cave will explore Fr Doyle’s remarkable life, his ministry among the men of the 16th (Irish) Division, and the enduring legacy of a priest whose faith, courage and self-sacrifice transcended the divisions of war. Join us for an inspiring evening remembering one of the most extraordinary Irish figures of the First World War.

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A celebration of a life through storytelling, poetry, film and music A moving new performance from Irish Nigerian poet and playwright Gabriel Gbadamosi and storyteller Nicholas Gbadamosi, Storm is a tribute to their brother: a gay, black, Irish man whose life was marked by love, courage and extraordinary vitality. Blending storytelling, poetry, photography, film and music, the brothers recreate family memories and London lives with humour, tenderness and honesty. Part memoir, part performance and part celebration, Storm offers a powerful portrait of identity, belonging and the bonds that endure across loss. Presented by two distinctive voices of Black Irish life in Britain, this is an intimate and unforgettable evening of words, music and memory.

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Louise Kennedy will be in conversation with the award winning author Timothy O’Grady, (‘I Could Read The Sky’, ‘Monaghan’). ‘STATIONS’ will be published in September 2026. Following this event Louise Kennedy will do a book signing and copies of the book will be available to buy at the ICC.